Widely tunable optical local oscillator scheme for RF photonic down-conversion

Grant M. Brodnik*, Mark Harrington, Paul A. Morton, Wei Zhang, Liron Stern, Scott B. Papp, Daniel J. Blumenthal

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a widely tunable all-optical local oscillator (LO) scheme using two ultra-low noise, single cavity stabilized semiconductor lasers. Our all-optical LO with low phase noise and wide 4-32 GHz tuning range is readily extendable beyond 100 GHz for flexible optical down-conversion of RF signals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAVFOP 2019 - Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728106090
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference, AVFOP 2019 - Arlington, United States
Duration: 5 Nov 20196 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameAVFOP 2019 - Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE Avionics and Vehicle Fiber-Optics and Photonics Conference, AVFOP 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington
Period5/11/196/11/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Frequency locking
  • Optical down-conversion
  • Optical local oscillator
  • RF photonics
  • Reference cavity
  • Ultra low noise laser

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